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... phrases that for their curious felicity are , as Archbishop Trench said , " . " poems in miniature , " evanescent touches that recall to the classical reader the old and happy , far - off things of Athens and Rome - these qualities ...
... phrases that for their curious felicity are , as Archbishop Trench said , " . " poems in miniature , " evanescent touches that recall to the classical reader the old and happy , far - off things of Athens and Rome - these qualities ...
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... phrase , to mend my draught ( for you left me with an extreme thirst ) , and to have begged your conversation again , jointly with your said learned friend , over a poor meal or two , that we might have banded together some good Authors ...
... phrase , to mend my draught ( for you left me with an extreme thirst ) , and to have begged your conversation again , jointly with your said learned friend , over a poor meal or two , that we might have banded together some good Authors ...
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... phrase ; cf. Eloisa to Abelard , 297 , 298 : 7 . " O Grace serene ! O Virtue heavenly fair ! Divine oblivion of low - thoughted care ! " i.e. penned up and shackled , like animals in a pound . pestered ... pinfold ; see each in the ...
... phrase ; cf. Eloisa to Abelard , 297 , 298 : 7 . " O Grace serene ! O Virtue heavenly fair ! Divine oblivion of low - thoughted care ! " i.e. penned up and shackled , like animals in a pound . pestered ... pinfold ; see each in the ...
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... phrase ' blue - haired deities , ' as if these were a special section of the tributary gods ' of line 24. Can there be a recollection of ' blue ' as the British colour , inherited from the old times of the blue - stained Britons who ...
... phrase ' blue - haired deities , ' as if these were a special section of the tributary gods ' of line 24. Can there be a recollection of ' blue ' as the British colour , inherited from the old times of the blue - stained Britons who ...
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... phrase some find an allusion to a link with Royalty at a remote point in the pedigree of the Egerton family ; others find a reference to the fact that the young people had been a good deal at Court . The more natural meaning , however ...
... phrase some find an allusion to a link with Royalty at a remote point in the pedigree of the Egerton family ; others find a reference to the fact that the young people had been a good deal at Court . The more natural meaning , however ...
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